This program has been designed to achieve a number of aims under the umbrella
of Diversity training:

At a time of organisational change and uncertainty it assists employees take responsibility for their own career and reduces anxiety about job security

It emphasises the need to understand a wide range of ways that staff construct the “world of work” in their overall lives

It emphasises the importance of ‘life-work balance’ and teaches skills around resilience and stress reduction

It allows exploration of conscious and unconscious biases and prejudices towards “difference” and allows opportunity for participants to challenge and change attitudes

It assists staff engage more strongly with their organisation through exploration of the concept of “employer of choice”

It encourages the networking of participants and a better understanding of each other’s roles and businesses

It facilitates more effective leadership by helping “upwards management” around such processes as coaching, delegation and mentoring

It empowers women to understand the “gender bias” implicit in career processes and to develop skills and strategies to overcome these

This has been exceptionally successful across different occupational groups and business sectors. To get a sense of the program's success the program received an overall average rating of 4.3 out of a possible 5 from a total of 48 participants from the first programs run for a Government Business Enterprise whilst similar feedback was received from a group comprising equal numbers of female senior academic and general staff at a major Australian University.

Clearly the program has met a strong need and has been experienced as extremely
useful by the participants. The program is targeted to female employees
and allows discussion of a wide range of issues relevant to women in today's
workforce as well as providing a number of up-to-date published journal
articles salient to this topic.

The two day program is fast paced and interactive and practical and leads
to a career plan completed by participants to take away and implement.

The program includes a Career Bibliography and a number of recently published
articles on aspects of career issues affecting women. It also includes a
number of self-diagnostic questionnaires to assist self-awareness. The learning
process includes opportunity to network with other participants and to identify
a career-support partner to work with during the program and afterwards.